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Peter Reynolds recorded two goals and two assists to lead Saint John to the win, helping the team earn a couple crucial points in the race for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's final playoff spots. Following Sunday's results, the Sea Dogs are now three points back of the final playoff spot and have a game in-hand on the Val-d'Or Foreurs.
Joseph Ianniello, Nicolas Bilodeau, Noah Reinhart and Alex Drover also scored for Saint John. Ventsislav Shingarov made 28 stops in the win.
Bilodeau gave the Sea Dogs their first lead of the afternoon late in the second period, converting on a power play to make it 3-2. The goal came not long after Sea Dogs forward Nathan Casey had to be taken off the ice on a stretcher following a collision.
Saint John took a 6-3 lead in the third period. Olivier Houde got Cape Breton within a pair at 14:22 and then got the Eagles within one by scoring on a power play with the goaltender pulled at 19:41. That would be as close as Cape Breton would get, though.
Cam Squires, Angelo Fullerton and Jacob Newcombe also scored for the Eagles. Oliver Satny made 35 stops in the loss.
LINEUP
Simek - Reynolds - Elie
Burns - Burbidge - Reinhart
Mateiko - Cournoyer - Drover
Casey - Benoit
Tivey - DesRoches
Bilodeau - Cosman
Ianniello - Despont
Akkouche
Shingarov
Brideau
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without defenseman Jeremie Richard (injury) along with forwards Nico Laforge (injury), Sam-Luca Thifault (injury), Harrison Ballard (injury) and Jacob Beaulieu (healthy).
HOT STRETCH: Cape Breton's Cam Squires opened the scoring in the first period, putting a rebound past Ventsislav Shingarov. Squires has scored in each of Cape Breton's last four meetings with Saint John.
🚨@SquiresCam cleans up that garbage in front! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/7fv6mGHnIa
— Cape Breton Eagles (@CBEHockey) March 5, 2023
SCARY MOMENT: With 4:57 remaining in the second period, Sea Dogs forward Nathan Casey - with his head turned - unknowingly collided into Cape Breton's Antoine Roy. Casey stayed on the ice for several minutes and showed some movement before being taken off on a stretcher.
Scary moment in Saint John. Nathan Casey being taken off the ice on a stretcher. Has been moving around a bit. Collided into Antoine Roy. pic.twitter.com/KKftnH31CH
— Jamie Tozer (@station_nation) March 5, 2023
BIG GAME: Peter Reynolds finished the game with two goals and two assists. It was his second four-point game of the season but first multi-goal game. Reynolds, who has missed quite a bit of time with injuries this year, now has 32 points in 35 games.
NOTES: Defenseman Jared Cosman returned to the Sea Dogs lineup from injury... Jacob Beaulieu was a healthy scratch, meaning Saint John went with 11 forwards and seven defensemen... before the game, Jeremie Richard was honoured as the Sea Dogs' student of the month... Quispamsis native Angelo Fullerton, who scored twice against Saint John on Feb. 26, scored again. He has four goals in his past four games... Eriks Mateiko and Charlie DesRoches each had two assists... Peter Reynolds and Brady Burns each had six shots... Saint John won just 26 of 68 faceoffs... the Sea Dogs went 2/2 on the power play and the Eagles went 1/1... attendance was 3,635.
HIGHLIGHTS
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs and Eagles meet again on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at TD Station.
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